Chapter 126: Lotus Visualization Method

One night passed.

Jiang Cheng was having breakfast when he heard footsteps outside.

They grew closer.

He immediately put down his chopsticks, secretly on guard.

Although the Iron Fist Gang guy said they'd give him three days, they had previously told the Wild Wolf Gang they'd give half a month.

So showing up early wasn't impossible.

His strength wasn't inferior to theirs; even if he couldn't beat two of them, escaping should be fine.

Until the next moment, a somewhat familiar voice sounded.

"Jiang Cheng, little brother, are you in?"

Jiang Cheng let out a breath of relief, hurried to the door, and opened it.

Standing at the doorway were Hong Cha and Ye Ying.

"Little brother, you didn't disgrace the mission."

Hong Cha clasped his fists toward Jiang Cheng, "Let's go inside and talk in detail."

"Good."

Jiang Cheng suppressed the joy in his heart.

To be honest, he had woken up several times last night, sometimes dreaming that Hong Cha arrived, smiling and saying he got it, sometimes dreaming that Hong Cha shook his head and sighed, saying he didn't get it.

Now seeing this scene, he even wondered if he was still dreaming.

"It seems we came at a bad time, interrupting your breakfast," Hong Cha laughed.

"Big Brother Hong Cha, you're being polite—have you eaten? If not, feel free to eat here," Jiang Cheng said half-joking, half-serious.

"Hehe, we already ate on the way over; you keep eating, we can talk business after you're done—there's plenty of time."

"No thanks, let's get straight to business." Jiang Cheng pushed his bowl and chopsticks aside.

Hong Cha laughed heartily and took out a scroll from his bosom.

The scroll was about thirty centimeters wide, and when unfurled its length exceeded one meter.

It was a painting.

It depicted a lotus flower; more precisely, stems with a lotus leaf growing on them, rendered so lifelike that even the tiny spines on the stems and the veins on the leaf were clearly visible.

Jiang Cheng looked at it for a while, then suddenly felt his head swell a bit.

Just like when he used spiritual power to absorb primal force.

He quickly averted his gaze, surprised, and looked at Hong Cha.

"This is the secret martial art you wanted for training spiritual power—the Lotus Visualization Method. Each level has its corresponding cultivation method besides the visualization diagram, and this diagram corresponds to the first two levels of the Lotus Visualization Method: Entry and Proficient."

Hong Cha laughed: "Of course this visualization diagram differs from an ordinary painting; it contains spiritual power. If one's spiritual power is ordinary, looking at it for just a few seconds causes fatigue, but if you continually use it to train, it can actually save a lot of time—provided you can sense the existence of spiritual power."

"Sense the existence of spiritual power?" Jiang Cheng asked dubiously.

"Not bad."

This time, however, it was Ye Ying standing nearby who spoke.

"The essence of spiritual power training is to visualize some existence in the mind—a lotus, a pagoda, stardust, or gods and demons; the greater the difficulty, the greater the improvement, and it can even be used in battle. But there's a prerequisite: you must first sense the existence of spiritual power before you can visualize these in your mind. For example, right now, can you close your eyes and fully picture an object in your mind? Like these chopsticks in front of you." Upon hearing this, Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and tried to visualize the chopsticks.

Unfortunately, he only had a very vague impression.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and shook his head.

"That's the result of not sensing spiritual power; if you can't sense it, you naturally can't condense it, and thus cannot visualize the true form of an object in your mind."

"So spiritual power is also a kind of energy?" Jiang Cheng blurted out.

"Exactly, spiritual power is also an energy. It exists within our bodies; everyone knows it exists, but only a tiny few can feel its presence. Only after feeling it can one control it—this is similar to how you absorb primal force, but the difficulty is much greater."

"I see."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

"So how can one feel the existence of spiritual power?"

"It's simple: close your eyes, focus your attention on the brain, imagine a energy gathering from the back of the head to the brain's core; if the center of the brain eventually produces a swelling sensation, the first step succeeds."

"And the second step?"

Jiang Cheng widened his eyes.

"Otherwise you'd think the number of Spiritual Thought Masters wouldn't be so low."

Ye Ying gave a cold snort: "The second step is the most crucial step—close your eyes, imagine yourself looking at the object ahead, not imagining using your eyes to look, but imagining the brain receiving the information from ahead, with a strong desire to see it."

"If successful, a spiritual power void forms in the front of the brain, the spiritual power from the back of the brain automatically moves forward and creates a blockage in the center; if at this moment the brain produces a sensation of movable boiling, swelling, or pressure, that is the brain's spiritual power."

"I want to remind you that spiritual power is inside the brain; don't mistake swelling in the brow, crown, or other scalp areas for spiritual power. Moreover, spiritual power can freely expand, contract, move, and take various shapes—this is also the foundation of all visualization methods. If you cannot simultaneously meet these three conditions, then it is not spiritual power."

"Having achieved this step, you can consider yourself at the Entry level; you can try to visualize this Lotus Leaf Diagram in your mind. If you can fully reproduce it mentally, you reach the Proficient level, able to use spiritual power to lift some light objects. Of course, your spiritual power ceiling will also increase significantly, and the time to open your acupoints will be much faster than that of peers of the same level."

After saying all that, Jiang Cheng felt foggy and confused.

Fortunately, the panel had already displayed a line of small text.

【Lotus Visualization Method (Skilled Chapter): Not Yet Entered (1/10000)】

Looking at the prompt, it increased from previously viewing the visualization diagram.

Jiang Cheng let out a slight sigh of relief.

Not understanding doesn't matter; just looking can increase experience.

Moreover, the experience bar isn't too long; spending some time will definitely allow you to grind it up.

Coincidentally, Hong Cha also said something similar.

"You don't understand? It's fine not to understand; this is a cultivation method—you can look more, and if there's anything you don't get…"

He glanced at Ye Ying beside her; she turned her head away.

In short, it's just very difficult, but fortunately, by frequently looking at this visualization diagram, day by day accumulation can also enhance spiritual power.

Back then, he also spent a huge sum to exchange for this secret martial art, but unfortunately, he also failed to get started; this thing depends heavily on comprehension, even if someone teaches you hand-in-hand, if you can't, you just can't.

I understand, Big Brother Hong Cha, I will do my best; if I really can't get started, there's nothing to be done." Jiang Cheng showed a bitter smile, and also thanked Ye Ying.

Alright, little brother, now you should be a member of my Dawn Society, right?

(End of chapter)